Speeches by prime minister

164. The election to the high office of President of this session of the General Assembly of Mr. Benites, the representative of Ecuador, is not only the culmin...

May I be Allowed, Mr. President, to present to you my congratulations and to all Members of the General Assembly my sincere wishes for fruitful debates. 26. The...

It is my honour and privilege to address the General Assembly for the first time as Prime Minister of Tonga. I offer my warmest congratulations to Mr. Csaba Kor...

From this rostrum the most authoritative voices in world politics have taken up, with a greater or lesser degree of passion, the question of the emancipation of...

It gives me great pleasure to extend to you, Sir, on behalf of the United Arab Emirates, my warmest congratulations on your election to the presidency of the U...

Mr. President, let me begin by warmly congratulating you on your election. You have my very best wishes for a successful term in office. This is my first o...

May I, at the outset, congratulate you. Sir, on your assumption of the presidency of the General Assembly at this session. I should also like to express our a...

I should like first to express my sincere congratulations to you, Sir, on your election as President of this forty-third session of the United Nations General ...

I feel honoured to participate for the first time, as the Prime Minister of the Republic of Moldova, in the work of the General Assembly. Let me start by warmly...

I am honoured to address the General Assembly as the first Prime Minister of a constitutionally permanent Government representing Iraq, its people, and its ...

I would like to thank our Lord, who has watched over us on our journey and enabled us to be here for this important meeting of the United Nations. On behalf of ...

 The delegation of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam wishes to extend to the President its congratulations upon his unanimous election to the presidency of th...

177. Mr. President, I am extremely happy to congratulate you on your election to preside over the twenty-eighth regular session of the General Assembly of the...

First of all, I would like to refer to the intervention which will be made tomorrow by the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg on behalf of the European Union. I sh...

My delegation celebrates the wisdom of the United Nations in choosing one of our distinguished Caribbean statesmen, Mr. Julian Hunte, to preside over this fift...

Your election, Mr. President, represents a fitting tribute to you personally for your well-known qualities as a consummate diplomat and to Malaysia for its con...

I did not attend the High- level Meeting on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), as I was not yet in New York. Nevertheless, I would like to inform the Ge...

With your permission, Sir, I would like to speak in Bangla, my mother tongue. I would like to warmly congratulate the President on his well-deserved electio...

May I convey to you, Sir, on behalf of my delegation and on my own behalf, our felicitations on your unanimous election as President of the General Assembly at ...

It affords me great pleasure and honour to convey to you, Mr. President, on behalf of my delegation, as well as on my own behalf, our heartiest congratulations...